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This was invented in 2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback

• ElectricIce3740 1y ago
  Oh wow that's really interesting!
• walterbell 1y ago
  > Many blogs have stopped using trackbacks because dealing with spam became too much of a burden.
  • dotcoma 1y ago
    Then perhaps a better spam filter is what you should focus on.
    • ElectricIce3740 1y ago
      See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmention - a newer, simpler protocol that doesn't seem to have the same spam problems. I'll have to look into it more.